Agile42’s highly interactive introduction to the principles and practices of Agile and the Scrum framework provides an energetic yet deep introduction to Agile and how it works.

Understanding the principles that form the foundation of Agile is at least as important as understanding the practices common to each agile framework, whether Scrum, Kanban or any other framework. The training blends an overview of key principles from Lean and Agile with an in-depth discussion of the four key practices necessary for Agile to work. After an introduction to Scrum, the most
commonly applied agile framework with over 70% of agile projects reporting using Scrum in one form or another, we use a simulation – the Lego Scrum City simulation – to help participants immediately put theory into practice.

The simulation provides vivid and memorable experiences that tightly mirror those that new teams experience when adopting Scrum in real life. Emerging the needs of an agile approach through actual experience is much more powerful than simply describing the process in detail. The simulation locks in the learning and drives a much deeper understanding of why critical agile practices exist. Teams that have experienced this simulation exercise repeatedly draw from their experiences here in the weeks and months that follow.

Structure:

• Understand the principles underlying agile methodologies and how to apply them in a team context
• Connect agile principles to the core lean disciplines and understand how to apply lean and agile principles to software/product development
• Learn about the trends driving agile adoption and the benefits of an iterative and incremental approach
• Gain a common vocabulary and understanding of the Scrum framework
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the Scrum Master, Product Owner and Development Team